Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2019
Greece authorities will extradite to France Russian Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, to face a charge of money laundering. Greek justice minister Costas Tsiaras announced the extradition to France of the Russian of Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, on suspicion of money laundering. In September 2019, the decision of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2019
Experts at Yoroi/Cybaze ZLab spotted a new sophisticated malware implant dubbed JsOutProx that seems to be unrelated to mainstream cyber weapons. Introduction During our threat intelligence source monitoring operations, we spotted a new sophisticated malware implant, dubbed JsOutProx, that seems to be unrelated to mainstream cyber weapons. In fact, the recovered sample raised many interrogatives […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2019
Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers and names in an unsecured database. Security expert Bob Diachenko, along with Comparitech, has discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers and names in an unsecured database. The huge trove of data is likely the result of an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2019
The Drupal development team released versions 7.69, 8.7.11 and 8.8.1, which address several vulnerabilities, including a serious file processing issue. Drupal developers have released versions 7.69, 8.7.11 and 8.8.1, which address several vulnerabilities, including a serious file processing issue. The most serious issue is related to the Archive_Tar third-party library, it has been assigned a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2019
The DoJ announced that the alleged member of the notorious hacker group The Dark Overlord has been extradited to the United States. The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that the alleged member of The Dark Overlord hacking group has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the US. The man, Nathan Wyatt, 39, has been charged […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2019
The FBI warned one again the holiday travelers about the danger of using free WiFi networks while traveling. Free WiFi networks, such as the ones in the airports and hotel, hide many dangers to the holiday travelers, for this reason, has once again published a new warning. Threat actors could leverage free WiFi networks to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2019
Microsoft issues an out-of-band update to address SharePoint flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-1491, that could be exploited to obtain sensitive information. Microsoft issues an out-of-band update to fix an information disclosure vulnerability in SharePoint server, tracked as CVE-2019-1491, that could be exploited by an attacker to obtain sensitive information. “An information disclosure vulnerability exists in SharePoint […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2019
BSI, Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency warns of an active malspam campaign that distributing the infamous Emotet banking Trojan. Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency BSI is warning of an active malspam campaign that aims at distributing the Emotet banking Trojan. The malicious messages camouflaged to look like messages delivered by German federal authorities. According to the BSI, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2019
Researchers spotted a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT), dubbed Dacls, that was used by the Lazarus APT group to target both Windows and Linux devices. Experts at Qihoo 360 Netlab revealed that the North-Korea Lazarus APT group used a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT), dubbed Dacls, to target both Windows and Linux devices. The activity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2019
WhatsApp fixed a severe bug that could have allowed a malicious group member to crash the messaging app for all members of the same group. WhatsApp addressed a severe vulnerability that could have allowed a malicious group member to crash the messaging app for all members of the same group. An attacker could trigger the […]
